In complete honesty, becoming the President of any country at all hadn't been that high up on Laguna's list of priorities, but he liked to think he wasn't too terribly bad at it. Still, he wouldn't hold it against anyone for not wanting to live in Esthar, regardless of their reasons.

"Yeah, I really should do that." The only problem was, Laguna hadn't yet figured out the best way to achieve that. "I really have no idea how birds take off and land and make it look so easy."

Because that's the sticking point here: Laguna didn't get in the air by himself. He just touched the feather, and the next thing he knew, gravity didn't seem to apply to him. That was what made getting down difficult. And that Float spell really would go a long way right about now.

As for Kiros and Ward, Laguna would gladly have them too. Maybe one or both of them would have a fix for this problem.